My Bonny Lad
Language: English
‘Have you seen ought of my bonny lad, And are you sure he’s well, oh? He’s gone over land with his stick in his hand, He’s gone, to moor the keel, oh!’ ‘Yes, I’ve seen your bonny lad, Up on the sea I spied him, His grave is green, but not with grass, You’ll never lie aside him.’
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Don Banks (1923 - 1980), "My Bonny Lad", 1953 [ voice and piano or strings ], from Five North Country Folk Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-10-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 58